Control of Molinia caerulea by cutting management on sub-alpine grassland

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 577-582

  Hejcman, Michal ^a,b   Češková, Michaela ^a   Pavlů, Vilém ^a,b  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Avenella flexuosa; Mowing and defoliation; N:P ratio; Nardus stricta; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Potassium; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANOPY; DEFOLIATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; MOWING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

KARKONOSZE MOUNTAINS; SUDETES;

DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA FLEXUOSA; MOLINIA; MOLINIA CAERULEA; NARDUS; NARDUS STRICTA;

EID: 77956263334     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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